A South African energy trading company is aiming to unlock almost 500 million US dollars of renewable energy investment.

Etana Energy has signed a deal with GuarantCo, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, who will provide 50 million dollars each.

Thami Ngubeni spoke to Evan Rice, CEO of Etana Energy.